Mariners Open the 2014 Season With A Bang!

Lloyd McClendon and the Seattle Mariners opened the 2014 season tonight with a bang down in Anaheim the home of our division rival Angels with their Ace Felix Hernandez on the mound against Jered Weaver. King Felix went 6 frames and fanned 11 giving-up four hits including a 2-run homer in the first inning to Mike Trout, but otherwise pitched well enough to win.Thankfully the offense opened the year off with a bang pounding the Angels for 10 runs and eleven hits including a huge 3-run blast in the ninth by Justin Smoak as part of a six run inning that sent most of the remaining Angels fans home early.

The Mariners won this one in a team effort as lots of guys had good nights besides Smoak and Hernandez including Abraham Almonte and Robinson Cano who both had a pair of knocks down in smoggy California. Mike Zunino with his first Major League triple and Kyle Seager both had clutch at bats as well to get the Mariners back in the game after trailing 3-1 after five. Dustin Ackley looked good tonight as well with a big hit in the seventh and a base clearing triple in the ninth to round out his night.

I gotta say it was great to see our boys back in action after the long Winter especially winning this way, heck I even enjoyed hearing the voices of our Root Sports guys Mike Blowers and Dave Sims which is saying a lot for this grumpy old Mariners Fan!

So we have officially begun the long season with a big win for the eighth time in a row on Opening Day the second most in the Majors. In a season where the expectations for the Seattle Mariners is low to medium, It was nice to see Lloyd McClendon and his boys jump out to a Big Win! Go M’s! http://jeffsmariners.com